AMNY Solve the e-bike prob?Stop Selling Fast Ones

Council Member Chrystal Hudson has come up with the miracle cure for e-bike mayhem. Don't sell fast ones. Limit the speed to 20 miles per. Gee Crystal-why didn't someone else think of that? Is it because you're the head of the geriatric committee? Or is it that technology isn't really the answer? First-I sat behind a judge at an EVSA event. He said that Transportation Alternatives can walk into any Council Member office -give them $10,000 and get any bill passed it wants-Note the pronoun.Euphemistically call that undue influence. Second and most importatntly limiting speed doesn't mean that the rider will obey the law. A responsible bike culture and rational "visionaries" would have worked long and hard to establish a law abiding riding public. Not reckless indifference to public safety zealotry.Both creating an environment of ongoing jeopardy and screwing the NYPD. Try again Chrystal.****************https://www.amny.com/opinion/solve-e-bike-problem-stop-selling-fast-ones/

AM NY Queens E-bike slams opening Mercedes door.

An e-biker in Queens slammed into the opened door of a Mercedes. The biker was thrown to the pavement. Fatally struck. Traumatic head injuries. No mention of whether the biker was wearing a helmet. Let's face it-the reckless disregard of the city administrations starting with oligarch Michael Bloomberg to establish a responsible bike-micro transport culture has had numerous fatal repercussions. Countless injuries and too many close calls to count. Transportation Alternatives has wielded undue influence. Thwarting enforcement by the NYPD. Enforcement being the backbone of a public safety friendly bike culture. Simultaneously undermining the NYPD. How's that for hubris Advocates of zealotry rejoice.Mark Gorton-a fullthroated and deep pocketed backer of Robert Kennedy Jr. for President is a principle funder of TA. Charles Komanoff a notable narcissist and self promoter is the sophist in chief. A plethora of armtwisting and fake news by TA has compromised the elected public officials. The public has been taken for a ride. The quality of life bludgeoned. It can be rectified-but 25 years late. ***************https://www.amny.com/nyc-transit/queens-e-bike-collisions-citywide-09072025/

AMNY** Aug 13/25 NYC wants Lyft to ID riders prevent under 16 miscreants

Randy Mastro has formally requested that Lyft-partner in Citigroups Citibike require ID from potential riders. This to prevent-or try-riders under 16 from freewheeling and stealing on Citi e-bikes. In the opinion of a knowledgeable public safety advocate Mastro is doing what Mayor Adams should have been doing for 3 years. Another PS advocate claims Adams wants to subsidize Citi bike. Adams polling at 7% in the upcoming election. He'd better push it-to get the campaign contribution Sweet deal for the corps all the way back to Bloomberg admonistration. https://www.amny.com/nyc-transit/city-asks-lyft-to-require-id-for-citi-bike-e-bikes-to-curb-underage-riders/

AMNY Aug 4 25 Queens E-Biker fatally struck by SUV

55 year old e-biker fatally struck by 62 year old SUV driving female. .Hollis Court Boulevard & 50th St. Of particular interest in this article is the mention that the mayor recently proposed new rules for moped and e-bike delivery agents working for food delivery companies. Moreover Priscilla's Law advocates Electric Vehicle Safety Alliance concludes the piece referencing its call for all e-veicles to be registered with the DOT-NOT ONLY those affiliated with app companies. Progress folks**E-BIKE COLLISIONS UP 25% this year.** OOOPS..*****https://www.amny.com/news/e-bike-rider-queens-fatally-struck-collision/

USA TODAY- Blast of accidents involving scooters

Very thorough aritcle detailing the explosion of accidents invovling scooters. Primarily e-scooters. Seen as low risk they actually generate a far higher number of accidents than e-bikes. Same lax situation. No enforcment. No protective helmets.**************https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/04/e-scooter-safety/85347698007/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Personal Experience--Astor Place** High Noon 7/30/25

While crossing LaFayette St just past the moving sculpture N of the Public Theater- A man with grey hair-tee shirt-jeans just ahead of me. A man on a e-bike was running at the usual race time uptown. As the delivery agent approached he rang the bike bell. Immediately the man ahead of me turned-croached-and growled with a visceral antipathy that was as much menace as frustration. Right from the gut. 25 years of being victims in our own skin and streets. "This all started with Bloomberg." The bike had passed behind us. "You got that right." One gray head to another. While I'm at it-It was Bloomberg who responded to the irrational armtwisting of Charles Komanoff to withhold enforcement by the NYPD on rogue cyclists. Money Mike wanted to attract the digital industry. Mission accomplished. Great swaths of the westside were bought and developed by the teck oligarhs. Gorgo enforcement-the backbone of a responsible bike culture-to accommodate the preference of tech employees to cycle. Yes it did begin with the zealotry of TA and the complicity of Bloomberg As Jeenaette Sadik Khan said at the Rudin Center "It's good for real estate. How much of the west side might Bloomberg enterprises have owned? Bloomberg said he wanted to increase the density of the city to 12 illion residents. Want NYC to be a "luxury destination." Does that include the savaging of the quality of public safety and quality of life? When your self worth is focussed of making money and feeling important by giving it-stratically away-some thing are simply collateral damage.

WPIX** Senior Citizen cyclist Hit & Run driver 21

2nd Ave & 15th St. Lower East Side hit and run. 65 year old e-bike cyclist hit. Suffered traumatic head injury. Driver-21- caught in Brooklyn 2 hours later. Was cyclist wearing a helmet? Who was doing what when the encounter occurred? Not informative. At least it will be an accurate statistic involving an e-bike. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hit-run-leaves-bicyclist-critical-131730149.html